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localhost permissions (chmod) problem after moving to a new computer

Background: I just moved all my localhost xampp files over to a brand new formatted computer, and now its having permissions issues.

So my code is faulting with this error:
Warning: chmod() [function.chmod]: Operation not permitted in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/mysite.php on line 109. Where line 109 of my code is: chmod(image.jpg, 0777);

Here's what I tried:

I went into terminal and typed:
chmod -R 777 /applications/xampp

And that appeared to work fine (all the folders within xampp had the read & write permissions)... but I think the problem may have to do something with "chown". Because on my original computer, when I go to "get info" on the xampp folder I see: Home (Me), staff, everyone

But on the new computer I see: system, admin, everyone... So I am thinking that may be my issue? Is there something I have to change in my .ini files?